Easter Sunday April 17
Welcome to April 17th on the National Day Calendar. Plenty of people have yelled at kids to get off their lawns, but never quite like Congress did in 1876. Every Easter, kids in Washington, DC had contests where they rolled eggs down hills and Capitol Hill was the best in town. However, the festivities were so disruptive that a law was passed to keep trespassers off the property. Two years later, President Rutherford B Hayes and his wife Lucy invited all the local children to roll their eggs on the South Lawn of the White House. And it’s been an Easter tradition ever since. The ceremonies and circumstances have changed a bit over the years. Kids now use wooden eggs rather than the hard boiled variety, but the contest itself is the same, roll an Easter egg down the hill and have a good laugh about it with your friends. On Easter Sunday, we celebrate many things, but especially the joy we can find through celebrating together. I’m Marlo Anderson with the National Day Calendar. See you again tomorrow as we Celebrate Every Day!
http://nationaldaycalendar.com/easter-changes-annually/
http://nationaldaycalendar.com/easter-changes-annually/
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